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. . . . e . -4- B. Existing emergency ambulance service within the City of La Porte will not be adversely affected so as to lower the standards of existing service either in the area to be served by the applicant or within the City as a whole. 5. In determining public convenience and necessity the City Commission shall consider the following: A. The need for additional ambulance service. This may include the evidence of the records and statistics of the Police Department, Health Department, and any other relevant and material evidence. B. The distance from the permanent address at which the applicant proposes to operate the emergency ambulance service to hospitals providing emergency service to the public. C. The number of emergency ambulances which are avail- able to provide service in the area in which the applicant pro- poses to furnish such service. D. The record of responses to the police dispatcher's calls. This may include information as to length of time re- quired to arrive at the place of an eme~gency after a request for such service and information as to calls declined and hours of the day dUring which service in such area may be curtailed for any reason. E. Density of population. F. Financial responsibility of the applicant. G. Number of emergency ambulances for whiQh emergency ambulance operator's permits are requested and the hours duri~g the day and days duri~g the week that the applicant proposes to furnish such service. H. In the event the applicant has previously participated in furnishing emergency ambulance service, evidence as to whether the applicant performed such service in a satisfactory manner. Section 5. Granting or Denial of Permit. The City Commission shall make a determination as to the existence or non-existence of public convenience and necessity